Latest Updates Around The World
Credit: Luc Gnago/Reuters via Gallo Images Opinion by inés m. pousadela (Montevideo, Uruguay) Tuesday January 20, 2026 Inter-Press Office MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jan 20 (IPS) – In December, the dust settled on Guinea’s first presidential elections since the military took power in a 2021 coup. General Mamady Doumbouya remained in power after receiving 87 percent of […]
Volker Turk informed journalists in the Kenyan capital after a five-day mission to Sudan, where “a chronicle of cruelty unfolds before our eyes”. He called for “all those who have any influence, including regional actors and especially those who supply the weapons and benefit economically from this war‘ to take urgent action to put an […]
That is according to UN human rights chief Volker Türk, who held talks this week with more than forty leaders of Sudanese civil society in the northern state’s capital, Dongola. “But these representatives have also found the solution,” Mr Türk said in a speech video about X. “There must be a total effort, both within […]
Yamide Dagnet, Senior Vice President, International at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Credit: COP30 by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Thursday January 15, 2026 Inter-Press Office NAIROBI, Jan 15 (IPS) – President Donald Trump has escalated efforts to further distance the United States from international organizations and entities focused on climate, environment and energy. This strategy […]
From that moment on, Safia learned early on what it meant to care for others. As a primary school student, Safia began helping newly arrived families by translating at doctor’s appointments and other essential gatherings, drawing on her own family’s migration experience. Now Safia leads the Women’s Inclusive Team (WIT) as Chief Executive – a […]
Through Candid Edwards January 10, 2026 Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors acquired Guinean citizenship. Married Hollywood actors Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors have been granted Guinean citizenship, becoming part of a growing number of Black American public figures who are reconnecting with their African heritage. Good and Majors received citizenship after tracing their ancestral roots […]
The latest UN data shows that 9.3 million people have been uprooted by conflict across the country and more than 4.3 million have fled across the border, putting enormous pressure on neighboring countries. More than 21 million people across the country are believed to be in acute food insecurity. Although many of the displaced have […]
Two malnourished children receive nutritional supplements at a health center in Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan. Credit: UNICEF/Mohammed Jamal by Oritro Karim (united nations) Thursday January 8, 2026 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Jan 8 (IPS) – As Sudan approaches 1,000 days of civil war, there was a brutal escalation of violence in late December and early […]
Stands AlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWashington DCWest VirginiaWisconsinWyomingPuerto RicoUS Virgin IslandsArmed Forces AmericaArmed Forces in the PacificArmed Forces EuropeNorthern Mariana IslandsMarshall IslandsAmerican SamoaFederated States of MicronesiaGuamPalauAlberta, CanadaBritish Columbia, CanadaManitoba, CanadaNew Brunswick, CanadaNewfoundland, CanadaNova Scotia, CanadaNorthwest Territories, CanadaNunavut, CanadaOntario, CanadaPrince Edward Island, CanadaQuebec, CanadaSaskatchewan, CanadaYukon Territory, Canada Zip code Country United […]
More than 40 young men have died in South Africa in the past two months as a result of circumcision procedures related to traditional initiation activities. reported the Associated Press. Traditional initiation is practiced by various ethnic groups in South Africa and is a rite of passage into manhood. Young men are isolated in schools, […]
